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- ohn Love MacKinnon built the first cotton gin in west Florida. He raised prime cattle. He established the town of Freeport. He traveled often to Pensacola on business. He was the first Justice of the Peace of Walton Co., FL. In 1835 he was elected as representative to the Constitutional Convention at St. Joseph's FL when the state was admitted to the Union; Daniel G. McLean was also elected.
- (Research):Their children were:
Catharine L. MacKinnon, born 6/22/1822, Richmond Co., NC. Married Daniel McLean?, son of Daniel S. McLean (Daniel the elder is shown in the Walton Co., FL census for 1860 as age 92). Their children were: Elizabeth McLean (b. 1842, listed in 1860 census as age 18), John Love McLean (b. ca 1844, listed in 1860 census as age 16). Catharine McLean died 10/23/1845. Daniel remarried, apparently, and is listed as age 47 in 1860 census with Sarah, age 27, born FL and additional children named Neill McLean, age 6, Sarah McLean, age 4, Mary Ann McLean, age 3, Daniel McLean, age 11 mos.).
Christian C. MacKinnon, born 2/12/1824, Richmond Co., NC. Married Giles Bowers. Giles fought in the Seminole War. Their children were: Emma Bowers, Julia? Bowers, Sarah Ann Bowers.
In the 1840s, Col. John Love MacKinnon went to Tallahassee and bought 40 acres below Genoa (Geneva?); he had his workers clear the land and set up a town, calling it Freeport. He then had a broad road cut straight to the roads leading to Euchee Anna and Mossey Bend (all these roads later became public roads). Giles Bowers built a merchantile business there, the first successful business of its kind in the county.
Sarah Douglass MacKinnon, born 10/25/1825 in Richmond Co., NC. Married lawyer George Franklin Tarvin (b. 11/2/1919, GA; d. 11/19/1858). Their children were: Emma Tervin, Kate MacKinnon Tervin, Franklin Quitman Tervin, George Tervin, Lewis Tervin. listed in the 1860 Walton Co., FL census. See her MacKinnon page. Died 6/19/1891 in DeFuniak Springs, FL
Angus Douglass MacKinnon, born 9/23/1828, Richmond Co., NC. Was a physician. Listed in the Walton Co., FL 1860 census as age 32, born in NC. Married Catherine Gillis, daughter of Murdock Gillis (she is listed in the 1860 Walton Co., FL census as age 30). Their children: Arabella "Bell" G. MacKinnon (listed as age 1 in 1860 Walton Co., FL census), Angustus "Gus" D. MacKinnon (listed as age 4 in 1860 Walton Co., FL census; d. in the Civil War.), maybe Murdock MacKinnon (d. in Civil War).
Neill J. MacKinnon, born 1829, FL Served the Confederacy in Civil War. He ran his father's plantation. Married Belleanne McIver. Their children may have been: Charles MacKinnon, Flora MacKinnon, John MacKinnon. He is listed in the 1860 Walton Co., FL census as age 30, born in FL.
Belle Ann MacKinnon., born 12/24/1832. Married her cousin Dr. Neill J. MacKinnon, son of Charles and Mary Johnson MacKinnon (Charles MacKinnon was son of Laughlin and Belle Ann McIver MacKinnon). They are listed in the 1860 census-- Belle Ann as age 27, born FL, Neill as age 29, born SC-- and living with them was Alexander Johnson, age 47, born NC. Their daughter was: Aramenter L. MacKinnon (b. 7/30/1860; unmarried; d. 10/23/1920), John R. MacKinnon (b. 1/1/1862; d. 10/1865), Charles A. MacKinnon (b. 1/6/1864; d. 10/21/1865), John Theodore MacKinnon (b. 10/31/1868; m. Maggie Gillis; d. 4/13/1925), Baron Kershaw (b. 2/3/1871; d. 12/4/1888). Belle Ann and Neill are buried at Euchee Anna cemetery.
Anna Currie MacKinnon, born 1/19/1834. Listed in the 1860 Walton Co., FL census as age 26. Married 1st-Dr. D. W. McCranie. Married 2nd--Dr. Daniel McLean Campbell, a descendant of Daniel Douglass and Effie McLean. (he married 2nd-Elizabeth Bowers).
Charles L. MacKinnon, born 2/15/1836. Listed in 1860 Walton Co., FL census as age 23. Served the Confederacy in Civil War. Married Christian Gillis, daughter of Angus and Catherine Campbell Gillis and sister of Mary Gillis who married John Love MacKinnon, Jr. Charles L. MacKinnon died 4/15/1898.
Jeannet MacKinnon, born 9/8/1839. Unmarried. Listed in the 1860 Walton Co., FL census as age 21. Died 6/4/1881 Walton Co., FL.
John Love MacKinnon, born 5/1/1840. Listed in the 1860 Walton Co., FL census as age 20. Married Mary Gillis, daughter of Angus and Catherine Gillis and sister of Christian Gillis. Wrote The History of Walton County. Wounded while serving the Confederacy. Was at one time in the ship-building business with his brothers. Got a contract to carry mail by steamer from Freeport to Pensacola in 1875. He served Walton Co. in the State House of Representatives in the days of Reconstruction. They had at least 3 daughters. Died 2/28/1913 Walton Co., FL John Love and his family are buried at the old Magnolia Cemetery (may now be called Red Bay Cemetery?)
Dr. Alexander D. MacKinnon, born ca 1842. Listed in the 1860 Walton Co., FL census as age 18. Served the Confederacy in Civil War. He taught school at Mossey Bend before going into medicine. Married 1st- Deborah Ella Speight (b. 1853; d. 1900). Their children: Clarence MacKinnon, Annie MacKinnon, Joe MacKinnon and (-?) MacKinnon. Married 2nd-Laura Hannah. Alexander D. MacKinnon died 1921.
In 1850, A. D. MacKinnon journeyed to Texas and helped to rescue a couisn who had been captured as boy by the Comanches. The boy was now a man called Bosque John, had lived most of his life with the Indians, was returned to his relatives in FL whom he loved to entertain with stories of his wild life among the Natives.
Daniel Love MacKinnon, born 12/24/1843 in Walton Co., FL. Married 10/20/1870, Jackson Co., FL, Mary "Mollie" Attaway. Daniel fought in the Civil War. He served Walton Co. in the State House of Representatives in the days of Reconstruction. Later became a lawyer in Walton Co., FL. Their children were: Daniel MacKinnon, and probably Mary MacKinnon, Elizabeth MacKinnon, James MacKinnon, Thomas MacKinnon. Daniel Love MacKinnon died 12/24/1924 in Mariana, FL (Jackson Co.).
Catherine "Kate" L. MacKinnon, born 12/28/1845, 2 months after her sister Catherine died and named for her. Unmarried. Died 8/23/1910 Walton Co., FL.
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